Reuters

An intense emergency naturally draws our attention to the president. But even in a crisis, and particularly an extended one, the legislature has crucial work to do. Congress must resist the temptation to treat itself as a spectator. It must recover a clear idea of its purpose and necessity and step up to serve the country in a time of need, write Yuval Levin and Adam White.

Twenty20

Michael Strain writes that the Paycheck Protection Program, established as part of the CARES Act, offers “forgivable loans” (essentially, government grants) to small businesses with the goal of helping these businesses avoid closure and avoid laying off their workers.

Reuters

China’s Communist authorities have misled the world about the virus, and the World Health Organization has acted as Beijing’s handmaid, explain Nicholas Eberstadt and Dan Blumenthal.

Reuters

John Yoo and Harmeet Dhillon write that the Constitution’s system of federalism reserves the authority to lift the quarantine orders with the same people who issued them in the first place: the state governors.

Reuters

Angela Rachidi and Abby McCloskey hope this pandemic ends soon and never repeats in our lifetime. But they welcome the changes it could bring to the workplace to offer more flexibility to parents in ways that will benefit children. It is an upside to an otherwise tragic time.

AEI

The authors of this report outline specific directions for adapting our public-health approach away from sweeping mitigation strategies as we limit the epidemic spread of COVID-19, such that we can transition to new tools and approaches to prevent further spread of the disease.